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| Posted | Common or Gibbiceps |
| 15-09-2007 13:23 by Fry Lover |
Based on these pics, can you tell, its about 10"
Or do you need to see the whole fish with his Fins to tell? Do the markings on his under-body mean anything in terms of a Gibbi or a Common? |
| 15-09-2007 13:24 by Fry Lover |
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| 15-09-2007 13:24 by Fry Lover |
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| 15-09-2007 13:24 by Fry Lover |
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| 15-09-2007 13:25 by Fry Lover |
and before i get the jokes, no, the fish isnt crushed to a pancake by the rock, just looks that way 
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| 15-09-2007 13:34 by Kell |
hallooo
Just looks like a common to me, Im thinking gibbi has a big sailfin, but they look alike to me though. |
| 15-09-2007 16:42 by mwilde |
This is a picture of my Gibb.
Have a look at this topic http://www.aquarist-classifieds.co.uk/forum/viewtopic_58258.php I was asking the same question a while back.  |
| 15-09-2007 16:43 by mwilde |
http://www.wetpetz.com/joselim.htm |
| 15-09-2007 17:19 by Fry Lover |
thanks mate, i read your thread
i think mine is deffo a Common |
| 15-09-2007 18:29 by Woz |
mwilde im sure thats my fish |
| 15-09-2007 18:59 by mwilde |
Unless you have just bought it from me an hour ago then its not.
I have just sold all my tropical fish. |
| 15-09-2007 19:29 by Jake Casson |
Def a common |
| 15-09-2007 21:21 by Fry Lover |
Thanks folks, thats a wrap |
| 15-09-2007 21:23 by perky |
There pleco's you fools... |
| 15-09-2007 21:26 by Fry Lover |
whats happening this weekend Perks, any fish missions? |
| 15-09-2007 21:41 by perky |
No fish missions mate just geting the last of my bits out of my flat... |
| 15-09-2007 22:17 by -Rob C- |
Common plec - it's a dark colour brown, instead of golden like a salfin. |
| 15-09-2007 22:58 by mwilde |
As my daugther says "tell is to stop licking the glass"!!
She knows not to touch |
| 15-09-2007 23:01 by Fry Lover |
mwilde your pleco is about 300% more attractive than mine, moving mine on, looks like it might be a "give away" job, i never see t, didnt get it to be the centre peice of my tank, but if i dont see a fish, i dont keep a fish |
| 15-09-2007 23:22 by -Rob C- |
Trust me you'll miss it if you get rid of it, without it you won't see any of your fish - so much algae on your glass! |
| 16-09-2007 00:12 by Fry Lover |
i hear you Rob, thing is, he's in my Rio 300 Malawi "mix" set-up and i already have successful measures in place for algae, even before he got in there. I only have the lights on 4-5 hrs in the evening for starters, i do a 24 hour black out (well just no light) once a week, and i have x2 Bristlenose and a Sucking Loach in there.
The problem being, as a 10" fish, all he does really is contribute to the Nitrate and stocking level (obviously) he doesnt actually have a role in the tank as i never see him, hes beautiful when he does occasionally come out, so i am going to find an other home for him, a good one. I got him free from someone who had him in a 24x12x15, i wasnt actually looking for a 10" Pleco so to speak!!!! Is it normal for big Pleco's to be this shy, in terms of just being in one place for 95% of the time? Or perhaps a sign of unhappyness? UNCLE - you room for him? give me £1, a cup of tea and a stroke of your dog and he's yours |
| 16-09-2007 00:49 by -Rob C- |
He'll probably be a lot more active at night time, that's when most plecos are most active.
Keep an eye on the sucking loach - they can get nasty. |
| 16-09-2007 00:54 by Fry Lover |
yep, the sucking loach is about 2.5" at moment, am hoping he'd be okay in a Malawi tank, will keep an eye on him, |
| 16-09-2007 09:52 by Woz |
my plecs are constantly out in my malawi tanks, normal ones are out a fair bit, but the bristlenoses are always out, your problem may be that it can lay in a cave or whatever just because of its size and nothing will dare to move it on, my plecs only about 6inch and doesnt really get bothered by anything |
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